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SOMOS UNO… WE ARE ONE…

When I mentioned my recent concentration with pencil drawings to my brother Jon, he hinted toward wanting help with the logo he’s been using for his blog. It originated from a tattoo he has on his ankle & the photo is thus distorted. I’ve long known that I can ride the horse of energies to tackle similar projects, so a re-working of the image his tattoo artist made came rather quickly.

I have numerous layers in my historical dance as a graphic artist, from high school & college posters to my own logo, which has remained a constant all my life. My business cards were re-calligraphed for each of my points of perigrination, I drew theater bills & logos for other businesses during my Sedona years. I had an alter ego named Leo Toye… but all that is quite a different story.

BroJon tells his own about how he came to wear the notion of SOMOS UNOShere…

From his tattoo:

To my versions, first in pencil, then in other ink:

The image needed to become more clear & I love working with the rhythms of hand inked line widths to imply lively space. The idea of being one vibrates life in more than cookie cutter sameness, so I played with gesture & suggested subtle anatomy. I emphasized the circling hands with stronger connection, more like a big kiss between us all, however it also glyphs magnetism & suction. Holding the differences of circle.

My experiments with color were more of the education I need in the realm of Photoshop. He dialogued a clearer version…

Now he has colored it yet differently & to great effect, as seen on his site.

I will post other drawings soon. It feels good to be playing so deeply!

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I love what you created more every time I see it getting re-iterated across the web. The graphic works well as my blog icon, but also as an avatar and even a favicon (that little graphic that gets displayed next to the web address on the browser bar.

Did you ever think you'd have to learn so many new words and names for things!